Author: benh
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the #1 most visited National Park in America. We hiked through the woods and drove through banks of fog on our trek up into…
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Congaree National Park – South Carolina
Lucky for us, the “Mosquito Meter” at Congaree National Park was at a tolerable 2.5 out of 6. For the record, the National Park service describes level 6 as a…
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Dry Tortugas National Park – Florida
Taking a seaplane to visit the remote Dry Tortugas National Park, 70 miles off the tip of Key West, was one of our favorite experiences of the journey so far.…
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Biscayne National Park – Florida
Our Biscayne experience included a guided boat tour and a picnic lunch at Boca Chita Key, which we learned was the former private party island of Mark Honeywell.
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Everglades National Park – Florida
Lizards, alligators, crocodiles, manatees, dolphins and more! The Everglades caught us off-guard with its abundance of wildlife, and we had a blast exploring this park on foot and by boat.
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Hot Springs National Park – Arkansas
Four thousand years ago rain fell to the earth, seeped into the ground, got heated up, and eventually rose back up to the surface. And then we drank it as…
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Big Bend National Park – Texas
Big Bend is described as one of the most remote and least visited parks in the lower 48…we can attest to that. Our isolated campground had full hookups, and wifi…
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Guadalupe Mountains National Park – Texas
This park is Carlsbad Caverns lesser known nextdoor neighbor. Just a few miles down the road, and across the border into Texas, Guadalupe Mountains offers an above-ground and high-elevation perspective…
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park – New Mexico
How does a 1.25 mile hike down 750 feet into the earth on a slippery and dimly lit trail sound to you? Well it sounded like fun to us, so…
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White Sands National Park – New Mexico
One of our favorite parks so far, we had a blast romping around the dunes, making “snow” angels, and rolling down the hills. You’re not supposed to take any sand…